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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Whilst Henri stood at the window, he heard someone unbar the door; and an old man came in with a basket, in which was a comfortable breakfast.
From The Fairchild Family by Florence M. Rudland
"The time is not yet up," returned Brian, beginning to unbar the door, and he laughed at the mocking voice.
From Nuala O'Malley by H. Bedford-Jones
On the weed-grown path beside him lay a revolver, as if he had dropped it out of his hand when he started to unbar the gates.
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
"It is I, Pierre," cried he; "come down and unbar the door!"
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever
The book’s final moments are breathless, if suspiciously flimsy—it isn’t until the very last sentence that Monk unbars “the great gate” and is freed.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2017
Will the sun forget to streak Eastern skies with amber ray, When the dusky shades to break He unbars the gates of day?
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
It was not in such a fashion that I had thought to see my mission to Canaples accomplished; I had dreamt of gratitude, and gratitude unbars the door to much.
From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Rafael Sabatini
Hitherto, whenever, "I've wandered in dreams," it has generally been my unlucky fate to lose all distinct recollection of them before "The morn unbars the gates of light."
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
My lady waits!—'Tis now the hour When morn unbars her gates!—
From Poems by George Pope Morris
As a result, its classification was changed from unbarred spiral galaxy to barred spiral galaxy.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
Eventually, we decided that my father would not recover, and so, instead of continuing to try to stave off death, we unbarred the door and began to wait.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
In both barred and unbarred spiral galaxies, we observe a range of different shapes.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Handel’s vocal writing can be fiercely demanding, nowhere more so than in the Angel’s opening aria, “Be unbarred, ye gates of Avernus,” in which Liv Redpath, a soprano, displayed lovely tone and fine agility.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2014
The fetters would not keep fastened; the doors unbarred themselves.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Knees, shoulders, elbows, buttocks and teeth collide with one another, fleetingly unbarring a glimpse into deeper space before they slide closed again.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2011
They got enough, however, to realise that he demanded the unbarring of the door, and that he both threatened and promised protection to whoever was within.
From The Strange Case of Cavendish by Randall Parrish
The sound of the unbarring of the door had deprived her of the last remnant of self-control.
From The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Whilst the soldiers were unbarring this door, the Marquis groaned, and wished he had never been born; and the poor Marchioness was obliged to lean upon Henri, or she would have fallen to the ground.
From The Fairchild Family by Florence M. Rudland
Daddy Skinner heard the horse coming down the hill,62 heard Frederick as he said his low, "Good-night, my darling," and unbarring the door, the fisherman waited impatiently for his daughter to enter the shanty.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Lucius W. Hitchcock
